The End Of Time Will Bring Beautiful Meat-Red Sunsets, 8.5x11", ballpoint pen and colored pencil on pink cardstock, Feb. 2026
The bathroom walls of the pizza parlor where I work are collaged with magazine ads from the '20s through the early '70s. Many are illustrations of classic cars. I sometimes notice myself feeling comforted by this earlier form of capitalism where the facade seemed more intact and the inherent violence of imperialism was easier to obscure with the promise of beautiful, affordable luxuries. Capitalism's surface-level beauty has never been anything more than a distraction from its brutality and there is no better past to return to.
Acura TLX, ballpoint pen on paper, Nov. 2025
Drawing new cars helps me stay focused on the hideous present when I feel tempted to retreat into escapism and nostalgia. The present we find ourselves in is not a wrong turn. This has been a clear, straight trajectory and we are watching capitalism play out its inevitable course. Unless we pay attention to the real conditions of the world instead of sedating ourselves with romanticized visions of the past, we are never going to be able to imagine a humane future.
